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There is no difference. EKG is the earlier name and is so called because the guy who invented it was German and the spelling was electrokardiogram (or some such thing...i'm only positive about the "k").

As for a-line and b-line...not sure. The only a-line I know is an arterial line. Not sure what the b-line is.

There is no difference. EKG is the earlier name and is so called because the guy who invented it was German and the spelling was electrokardiogram (or some such thing...i'm only positive about the "k").

To add to L'zbeth's comment, EKG was decided to be the universal term because ECG sounded too similar to EEG (electroencephalogram). They thought calling it EKG would then decrease any confusion.

So can anyone explain the difference between electrokardiogram & electrokardiograph..?
I was looking to purchase a heart rate monitor & the site I went to claimed that electrokardiogram was the actual chart & electrokardiograph was the actual equipment used to produce the chart, this sounds a bit odd to me as the term "graph" would naturally indicate a chart..?